1. An Intercity Bus Scheduling Model Incorporating.
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Shangyao Yan, Yu-Jung Tung, and Ching-Hui Tang
- Subjects
MARKET share ,INDUSTRIAL concentration ,ALGORITHMS ,BUS terminals ,INTEGER programming ,COMPUTER programming ,MATHEMATICAL programming ,PROFITABILITY - Abstract
In this paper, we develop an intercity bus scheduling model for a variable market share. The proposed model, unlike the past intercity bus scheduling models, does not assume a fixed market share. Instead, passenger choice behaviors in competitive markets are considered. The model is formulated as a nonlinear mixed integer program that is characterized as nondeterministic polynomial-time hard. We develop a solution algorithm to efficiently solve the model. The test results, which are based on a major Taiwan intercity bus carrier, show the good performance of the model and the solution algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2007
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